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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Style</span><span class="f_BodyText"> section of the connector context menu provides the following options:</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="179" bgcolor="#e3e6ed" style="width:179px; background-color:#e3e6ed; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tableheader">Menu Option &amp; Function Keys</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="179" style="width:179px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Line Style</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="514" style="width:514px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="connectorstyles.htm">Set the connector line style</a> - options are Direct, Auto Routing, Custom, Bezier, Tree (Horizontal) or Tree (Vertical).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="179" style="width:179px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Pin End(s)</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="514" style="width:514px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Pin the connector start and/or end to the current position on the target element. A sub-menu displays to offer the options of pinning the start point only, the end point only, or both.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Once one or both ends are pinned, a fourth option is available to unpin both ends.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="179" style="width:179px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Bend Line at Cursor</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Ctrl]+[Q]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="514" style="width:514px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="connectorstyles.htm">Insert an anchor point</a> on the line at the point of the cursor so you can change the shape of the line.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="179" style="width:179px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Suppress Line Segment</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="514" style="width:514px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Hide a segment of a connector so that you can view a part of the diagram that it crosses.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">To reverse the change, right-click on the connector and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Show All Line Segments </span><span class="f_Tabletext">menu option.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="179" style="width:179px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Straighten Line at Cursor</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Ctrl]+[Q]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="514" style="width:514px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="connectorstyles.htm">Remove an anchor point</a> on the line at the point of the cursor. (This is the exact opposite of </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Bend Line at Cursor</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, and </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Ctrl]+[Q] </span><span class="f_Tabletext">toggles the connector point between the options.)</span></p>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Not all menu options are present on all connector context menus. Context menus vary slightly between connector types. The type specific menu options are not always included, for example.</span></p>
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